From
the world concert stage, to service in the U. S. Air
Force, from journalism to mathematics, from studies
in conflict and cooperation to peace research, Anatol
Rapoport has been both pioneer and lead-figure.
Author
of approximately 500 publications, Rapoport has
spearheaded many scientific innovations, including
the application of mathematical methods, first to
Biology and later to the Social Sciences.
Rapoport
operates from a multidimensional background of
experience and studies - concert pianist, lecturer,
mathematician, pilot, scientist, philosopher -
embodying a deep humanistic commitment, and a
profoundly systemic thinking. Here, he recounts his
life and the people he met along the way.
Anatol
Rapoport is Professor Emeritus of Psychology and
Mathematics at the University of Toronto. He has been
the recipient of many awards including the Lenz
International Peace Research Prize and the Harold D.
Lasswell Award for Distinguished Scientific
Contributions to Political Psychology; and honorary
doctorates, of Human Letters (University of Western
Michigan); of Laws (University of Toronto), of
Science (Royal Military College); and of Sociology
(University of Bern).
He
is an active member of American Academy of Arts and
Sciences; Council Study Committee on Ethics and
Responsibilities of Scientists (chairman 1966-1968);
American Association for the Advancement of Science;
American Mathematical Society; Mathematical
Association of America; The Biometric Society;
Society for General Systems Research; International
Society for General Semantics (president 1953-1955);
Canadian Peace Research and Education Association
(president 1972-1975); Science for Peace (president
1984-1986).
Table of Contents
216
pages, photographs,
bibliography, index
Paperback ISBN: 1-55164-168-2 $19.99
Hardcover ISBN: 1-55164-169-0 $48.99
Philosophy
/ Autobiography
August
2000
For
a list of publications see http://www.isss.org/lumrapo.htm
